Jamaica Track & Field News & Updates

Reports indicate that one of Jamaica’s most promising young sprinters, 21 year old Jacques Harvey, has left the MVP Track Club for the programme of Florida-based coach Lance Brauman. There he will reportedly join up with fellow Jamaicans Ramone McKenzie and Nickel Ashmeade along with American superstar Tyson Gay.

Harvey’s most notable achievements thus far are: (1) Winning gold in the 100m (time of 10.14 seconds) at the 2011 World University Games in China and (2) Winning the college 100m race at the Penn Relays earlier this year.

Several Jamaicans competed earlier today in various events at the latest Diamond League event in Rome, Italy. The highlight of the day, was Usain Bolt winning the men’s 100m race at the event, in a 2012 world-leading time of 9.76 seconds. Below we’ve featured detailed results of events in which Jamaicans participated at the 2012 Rome Diamond League earlier today.

Several Jamaicans participated in the Daegu IAAF World Challenge Meet which took place in South Korea earlier today. Here are some results:

Sprinter Aleen Bailey, ran a time of 11.34 seconds in the women’s 100m race, to finish second behind American, Carmelita Jeter. Just prior to that, Bailey posted a time of 23.15 seconds in the women’s 200m event, to finish third behind LeShaunte Moore (22.71) and ChaRonda Williams (22.82).

Brigitte Foster-Hylton, who is still on the ‘comeback trail’, managed a time of 13.00 seconds to finish third in the women’s 100m hurdles race behind the American pair of Dawn Harper (12.65) and Kellie Wells (12.66).

Jacques Harvey, running in the men’s 100m race, finished third with a time of 10.16 seconds, behind Justin Gatlin (9.93) and Mike Rodgers (10.06).